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| Orpheum President's Last Day on the Job |
The president of the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg won't be around much longer.
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| Penny Parade again Successful |
Officials and friends of the Carl Sandburg Birthplace in Galesburg are not writing off the facility just yet.
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| Former Cop Arrested on Sex Charges |
A Galesburg man and retired cop has been arrested on felony sex charges.
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| Local Congressman Promote New Bill for Small Business Tax Breaks |
Two local lawmakers are pushing new legislation that would give smaller businesses the same tax deductions as corporations when donating inventory to non for profit organizations.
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| Mr. Garza Goes to Washington |
Galesburg's top elected official has made his first trip to the nation's capital as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and came back with help for the city's bid to try and land Caterpillar's newest plant.
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| Knox Employees Picket Before County Board Meets |
Over a hundred Knox County employees picketed outside the courthouse Wednesday night to demonstrate their displeasure in the county board's collective bargaining efforts.
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| Local Republican Honored for Support of Mutual Aid |
Local firefighters, chiefs, and other MABAS-31 members returned the favor Wednesday to someone who's advocated for their services so much.
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| CSC Grad Returns Home to Sell Product |
Five months ago Josh Knuth was selling his products out of his Florida garage, today he's managing a distribution facility on the grounds of where he attended college.
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| Congressional Candidate Visits College Students |
One of the Democratic candidates for Congress in the 17th Congressional District primary election in March had the ears of some potential voters Tuesday.
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| Local Lawmakers Tour Local Agencies |
Two local lawmakers got a chance to look at a number of local agencies Tuesday as the group that hosted them urged passage of something that's been tried before.
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| Traffic Upgrades for US-150 and IL-41 |
FIRST REPORTED 3pm 1/24/12 IDOT and the city of Galesburg are locking arms to better equip traffic signals along two heavily traveled roads.
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| More Transparency Coming to Illinois Courts -- LISTEN TO INTERVIEW HERE |
Something radio and television reporters haven't been able to do up to now could soon be a reality.
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| Western Ill. Man Gets 4 years for Revoked License |
ALEDO, Ill. (AP) -- A judge in western Illinois has handed down a four-year prison sentence for a man caught driving a riding lawnmower with a revoked license.
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| City Council Again Hears About Political Campaign Spending |
A Galesburg man tried again to get the City Council to see things his way -- at least, in terms of a resolution he wants them to pass denouncing corporate influence in political campaigns.
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| Not Guilty Verdict in Assault and Kidnapping Case |
A 47-year-old Victoria man accused of aggravated kidnapping and criminal sexual assault was acquitted Monday night of those and five other charges.
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| Not much Snow equals Good News for City |
The City of Galesburg's Public Works Director says the largely lack of snow this season has allowed for other things to be done by his department.
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| Man Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges |
UPDATED 4:30pm 1/23/12 A Galesburg man is accused of committing a serious assault on a woman Saturday afternoon.
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| City Council Meets Monday |
Demolitions and grant funding are up for consideration by the Galesburg City Council Monday.
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| Knoxville City Council Concerned About Tourism, Museum Attendance |
The Knoxville City Council has discussed more hours of operations for the Knox County historical museum.
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| Slick Weather Causes Car-Versus-Train Accident |
Slick conditions Saturday morning caused by Friday's snow event caused an accident involving a car and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train.
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| Galesburg Asking for More Support to Land Caterpillar Plant |
The City of Galesburg wants to be the only one in the area trying to get the brand new plant that Peoria-based Caterpillar is looking to build.
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| Knox County United Way Reaches Goal |
FIRST REPORTED 3pm 1/20/12 On December 29th, two days before the 2012 Campaign was set to close, United Way of Knox County was still $40,000 shy of their goal-- but that's a distant memory today.
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| New Computers for Knoxville Schools |
It won't be right away, but new computers and perhaps other equipment will be coming to the Knoxville School District.
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| Local Outdoors Expert Says Ice Fishing Not a Good Idea |
Even though we've had a string of cold temperatures the last several days, a local outdoors expert is expressing caution about doing any ice fishing, especially in the wake of last week's fatal accident near Victoria.
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| Heavy Testimony from Victim in Knox County Assault and Kidnapping Trial |
A Victoria man facing kidnapping, battery, and assault charges, among others, heard more from the victim in day two of testimony in his Knox County trial.
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| Congressman Hears an Earful about SOPA |
A Congressman representing part of Knox County says so far this year, there's one issue that he's seemingly heard more about than any other.
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| Downtown Council Has Successful Year |
The incoming president of the Galesburg Downtown Council says there have been plenty of projects in the past year or so have generated a lot of money.
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| Heating Project May Be Split Up |
The proposed upgrading of heating and air conditioning systems at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre may not happen the way the theatre or its governing body thought it might.
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| Opponent of Limitless Campaign Spending Denied Proposed Resolution |
A local request to city alderman to explore a resolution limiting political campaign spending in Galesburg has been denied.
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| Man Arrested for String of Robberies |
Authorities in Warren County say they think they've solved a string of robberies that occurred at local homes the last couple of months.
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